Drakestown Old Burial Ground
Drakestown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
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In a letter dated 7 Sept. 1914, Mr. M. T. Thomas of Drakestown identified names of 14 persons he recalled as being buried in the schoolyard without markers. Also about 1914, Miss Mabel Thomas of Drakestown located and transcribed the Simon Collver and Jemima Collver gravestones in a letter to Mr. Robert H. Smith of Port Murray, N.J. These stones were confirmed by later researchers visiting the site on 26 March, 1937 and on 23 Sept. 1973.
We are much indebted to Russ Worthington, member of FindAGrave. His local knowledge and diligent on-the-ground searching has rediscovered the Old Burial Ground May 12, 2010. Thank you, Russ, for your interest and persistence in finding and documenting this historic burial ground.
-- Ed Everett
In a letter dated 7 Sept. 1914, Mr. M. T. Thomas of Drakestown identified names of 14 persons he recalled as being buried in the schoolyard without markers. Also about 1914, Miss Mabel Thomas of Drakestown located and transcribed the Simon Collver and Jemima Collver gravestones in a letter to Mr. Robert H. Smith of Port Murray, N.J. These stones were confirmed by later researchers visiting the site on 26 March, 1937 and on 23 Sept. 1973.
We are much indebted to Russ Worthington, member of FindAGrave. His local knowledge and diligent on-the-ground searching has rediscovered the Old Burial Ground May 12, 2010. Thank you, Russ, for your interest and persistence in finding and documenting this historic burial ground.
-- Ed Everett
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- Added: 2 Apr 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2348691
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